The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States, will preach and celebrate the Holy Eucharist at a special Centennial Mass at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School’s St. Andrew’s Chapel on Saturday, June 7. The presiding bishop’s visit coincides with the school’s Alumni Weekend [see story on page 6] and is in tribute to the Centennial Celebration of St. Andrew’s Chapel.
The service begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. The Chapel doors will open to the public at 9:10 a.m. There will be a live video stream into McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts for overflow seating. Guests will be seated in McCrory Hall once the Chapel has reached capacity. Holy Communion will also be offered to those seated in McCrory. Visitors are asked to park in the McCrory Hall/Gym lot.
The Rev. John Thomas, SAS head of school, said, “We are grateful to Bishop Jefferts Schori for making time in her busy schedule to be with us as we celebrate the birth of the physical manifestation of the spiritual center of our community.”
The Centennial Celebration also kicks off the school’s Chapel Centennial Campaign to restore and renovate the much loved but well used and deteriorated building.
The cornerstone for St. Andrew’s Chapel was laid in 1913 by Bishop William Alexander Guerry of South Carolina, the first Mass was sung in the Chapel on February 22, 1914, and the structure was consecrated in May of that year. Except for brief interruptions over the years for renovations, students have gathered in the Chapel at least three times a week for prayer and community. The Chapel is the setting for alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Agee’s novel, “The Morning Watch,” a recounting of a young boy’s experience during the Easter vigil.
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